Morgan Stanley reading on economy collapses

[Johnny2X2X]

11. If it is going to happen, the sooner the better

As with all previous recessions under their watch, the Republicans will spend a solid year pretending it isn't happening, then they'll move immediately into "we have recovered and it was Dems fault we had a recession."

Right now, the timing is politically advantageous for Dems. The ads write themselves and the narrative can very easily be controlled. "The American people are smart, they know the first couple years of a presidency the economy is inherited, what we are seeing right now is the first report card on the Trump economy." Framing it that way would be devastating to Trump. Basically, the good economy we had was left over from the Obama policies, this is the Trump result, and that is mostly true. A recession right now would gut Trump of his only thing to brag about.

There is nothing to cheer about when a recession hits, good people are being harmed, their lives are being thrown into disorder and the most vulnerable will suffer. I do not want a recession, at all, period. But it looks like we are getting on, and the only way for it to be as shallow as possible is for the recession to be used to help get Trump out.